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Al Jazeera Staff

‘State of terror’ hangs over Syrians in Lebanon amid deportations

Syrian refugee men staying in Lebanon use their phones to film other refugees who wait at a gathering point to cross back into Syria, in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal [File: Hussein Malla/AP Photo]

The Lebanese government has come under heavy criticism from activists and rights groups amid reports of Syrian refugees being detained and deported back to the war-torn nation.

On Tuesday, the Lebanese interior ministry decreed that all municipalities should conduct a survey to record the Syrians living there and to make sure they were documented before carrying out any transactions with them, including renting property to them.

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